poolscholar said:

Id suggest listening to people on this thread. Time will tell but nobody is going to jump on the all ball fouls wagon easily

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Wow, how much are we going to beat this dead horse? I guess the A B C system where someone issues you an arbitrary rating was much better than Fargo, maybe we should go back to that.
The one thing that will always be a constant is that it is player against player, not player against table. That makes the equipment a very small consideration in Fargo ratings unless there is a game that I don't know about where the competitors each compete on different equipment from each other.
If you have a better system than Fargo why don't you implement it then test it and bring the results to Mike Page? A solution is always better than just being critical.

Here is a history of how video has been recorded. Until 1956 magnetic video tape did not exist and when it was introduced, it was two inches wide


The nitrate film had a habit of self-igniting. Here is the story of the loss of the National Archives film collection:

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I pulled up a video of him last night in remembrance, it was Derby City 2019 and he calmly ran a 4 pack to start. His cueball was exceptional as usual. I think if there was one modern player whom a beginner should model his/her fundamentals after, it was probably his. He had a compact swing but could pull out all the strokes when needed.

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Here is the list of players in draw order. #1 plays #2, etc.

1. Fedor Gorst
2. Franklin Hernandez
3. Nguyen Hai Dang
4. Jeremy Jones
5. Earl Strickland
6. Andy Goldstein
7. Jesús Atencio
8. Craig Lucas
9. Ralf Souquet
10. Jerry Arvelaez
11. Casper Matikainen
12. Holger Vier
13. Hai Long Le
14. Satish Ramadhar
15. Georgi Georgiev
16. Eddie Vonderau
17. Skyler Woodward
18. Michael Dunn
19. Shaun Wilkie
20. Rich Funk
21. Matchroom Wildcard 2
22. Monthep Hongsyok
23. Jan Van Lierop
24. Paul Song
25. Francesco Candela
26. Kazim Anthony Daniel
27. Brett Ross
28. Mark Arie
29. Lu Hui Chan
30. Ivica Putnik
31. Robbie Capito
32. Sergio Rivas
33. Shane Van Boening
34. Juan Carlos Expósito
35. JD Prestegard
36. Kuo Hsuan Wei
37. Sergio Lagunas Moreno
38. Tevfik Ufuk Kıcıkoğlu
39. Hunter Lombardo
40. Antonio Canal
41. Elliott Sanderson
42. Stephanie Mitchell
43. Mike Castronova
44. Nguyen Hoang Tuan
45. Matchroom Wildcard 3
46. Aaron Raghoonanan
47. Billy Thorpe
48. Chien Ching Ju
49. Aleksa Pecelj
50. Trung Quang Le
51. Felix Vogel
52. William Peacock
53. Albert Januarta
54. Michael Schneider
55. Mieszko Fortunski
56. Đan Nguyễn Giá Lắm
57. Konrad Juszczyszyn
58. Cal Boll
59. Mahdi Ali
60. Cristian Surdea
61. Ahmed Aldulaimi
62. Raymond Linares
63. David Alcaide
64. Hoa Vu
65. Eklent Kaci
66. Bobby Garza
67. Jj Faul
68. Chang Tzu Chien
69. Jacob Parrent
70. Donny Mills
71. Sullivan Clark
72. Cody Booth
73. Thorsten Hohmann
74. Juan Jose Rosa Mendez
75. Erica Worsdell
76. Fabian De Leon
77. Jose Martinez
78. Adolfo Lopez
79. Kledio Kaci
80. Brian Sapochak
81. Duong Quoc Hoang
82. Robert Dowling
83. Mark Jaramillo
84. John Souders
85. Tommy Tokoph
86. Ke Wu
87. Patric Gonzales
88. Elvis Rodriguez
89. Mustafa Alnar
90. Jason Groth
91. Tashunka Witko
92. Beau Wroten
93. Yannick Pongers
94. Ali Bivehgani
95. Moritz Neuhausen
96. Kaleb Hixon
97. Wiktor Zielinski
98. Clint Bachan
99. Ryan Bell
100. Szymon Kural
101. Rollie Dixon
102. Francisco San Miguel
103. Phuong Nam Pham
104. Riku Romppanen
105. Dimitris Loukatos
106. Raed Shabib
107. Chase Stumfoll
108. Joseph Landi
109. Eric Roberts
110. Teddy Garrahan
111. Jefrey Roda
112. Yash Ajmera
113. Sanjin Pehlivanovic
114. Matchroom Wildcard 1
115. John Wilbur
116. Arseni Sevastyanov
117. Eero Romppanen
118. Del Sim
119. Lee Vann Corteza
120. Charles Seeger
121. Emil Gangfløt
122. Trenton White
123. Max Eberle
124. Raffaele Iorno
125. Kevin Dijkstra
126. Kristian Dimitrov
127. Johann Chua
128. Rick Miller
129. Francisco Sánchez Ruiz
130. Daniel Ramirez
131. Danny King
132. Pierfrancesco Garzia
133. Matthew Franzke
134. Antonios Kakaris
135. Bui Truong An
136. Alexandru Pitea
137. BJ Ussery
138. Gregorio Sanchez
139. Lucija Kostic
140. Anthony Meglino
141. Eduardo Pinero
142. Jimmy Garza
143. Chang Yu Lung
144. Angelo Libranti
145. Albin Ouschan
146. Juuso Lakka
147. Ricky Isaac
148. Walter Laikre
149. Tim De Ruyter
150. Alex Bausch
151. AJ Manas
152. Lance Schofield
153. Roland Garcia
154. Daniel Sanchez
155. Eli Poole
156. Payne Mcbride
157. Flavian Glont
158. Quinten Pongers
159. Carlo Biado
160. Sam Henderson
161. Pijus Labutis
162. Justin Stock
163. John Francisco
164. Mika Van Berkel
165. Boris Ivanovski
166. Lo Li Wen
167. Lo Ho Sum
168. Larry Harvey
169. Bernie Regalario
170. Toh Lian Han
171. Mason Koch
172. Chang Yi
173. Jim Udischas Jr
174. Eloy Vidal Perez
175. John Morra
176. Brian Rosenberger
177. Alexander Kazakis
178. Nicholas Papageorge
179. Darko Ilic
180. Carlos Nurinda
181. Benji Buckley
182. Dean Shields
183. Lukas Fracasso-Verner
184. Stephen Fleming
185. Bader Alawadhi
186. Robert Reese
187. Robert Hart
188. Felix Luna
189. Ernesto Gjoni
190. Michael Malkowski
191. Mickey Krause
192. Dang Hoàng Huy
193. Jayson Shaw
194. Eliseo Omar Marin Pinto
195. Edward Koyongian
196. Matchroom Wildcard 4
197. Jani Siekkinen
198. Andrew Shultz
199. Marvin Asis
200. Landon Hollingsworth
201. Shane Wolford
202. Vien Bui
203. Kostas Koukiadakis
204. Lazaro Martinez
205. Edward Epperson
206. Michael McGuire
207. Max Lechner
208. Masato Yoshioka
209. Mario He
210. Nicholas Tan
211. Jason Reese
212. Mark Chapman
213. Ricky Evans
214. Nathan Childress
215. Vitaliy Patsura
216. Joao Costa
217. Luong Duc Thien
218. Damian Massey
219. Harrison Leinen
220. Michael Manuele
221. Lin Wei Hsiang
222. Sampson Yonko
223. Jonás Souto Comino
224. Sheriozha Anthony Wijekoon
225. Naoyuki Oi
226. Andri Januarta
227. Andy Finnigan
228. Carrie Vetrono
229. Ken Bradley
230. Ryan Faraz Mohammed
231. Michael Baoanan
232. Erick Poveda
233. Kuo Po Cheng
234. Colton Keene
235. Bryzen Ace Manipula
236. Hsu Jui An
237. Jose Oscar Ruiz
238. Chris Reinhold
239. Tyler Styer
240. David Hopkin
241. Marc Bijsterbosch
242. Martin Daigle
243. Hsieh Chia Chen
244. Tony Crosby
245. Harry Vergara
246. Shahram Changezi
247. Petri Makkonen
248. Matt Edwards
249. Brandon Shuff
250. Tuan Kiat Vincent Goh
251. Evan Wagoner
252. Mike Delawder
253. Michael Yednak
254. Marco Castro Mora
255. Aloysius Yapp
256. Brian Brekke

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#241 vs #150 final? Sponsored by Bosch tools?

Texas Carom Club said:

who said anything about him playing?

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Maybe I misunderstood what you said here:

What a beautiful cue!

In post WW11, Brunswick spent a lot of money to re-promote the game with little success. Willie was their guy and if tapes were made they probably controlled their distribution. There is some availability of tapes from the Gold Crown era 1959-late 60's but not as much from the Anniversary era 1945-GC 1959 time period. I have some promotional videos from the GC era with Willie playing but that's about it.

To answer the OPs question, no. Using either inside or outside English won't effect the tolerances of the shot.

What should be more of a concern is focusing on not scratching in the side pockets for either option.

Having a solid plan without any guesswork usually ends up helping your aiming and execution, because you know exactly what to expect instead of being "afraid" to let the cue ball go (which results in hitting too thick).

Joe Tucker's rail workout, especially this drill, will help a lot. I probably spent the most time on this drill over any other.

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Kim Bye said:

I don't care much for Cuetec cues as they are frequent visitors in my workshop

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What are the most common problems you see with Cuetec?

Texas Carom Club said:

yes he will

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I'm willing to bet Josh Filler doesn't play in the final 64. How about $100?